It is surrounded by a dreary country, resembling the more desolate parts of Cumberland, and consisting of interminable waves of steep low hills, covered with short, withered grass. I went out for a walk on the afternoon of our arrival, and was most disagreeably... Hunting in the Yellowstone - Page 64by Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin Earl of Dunraven - 1917 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Anderson Read - Authors, Irish - 1880 - 394 pages
...attractions of the " city." A gentleman had informed me that Virgmia city contained brown stone-front houses and paved streets, equal, he guessed, to any...the continent. It was discovered in 1863, and about thirty millions of dollars' worth of gold have been won from it. Of late years very little has been... | |
| Charles Anderton Read - 1880 - 394 pages
...invariably are as soon as you get off the regular lines of travel. Virginia City is situated on Alder Guleh. It is surrounded by a dreary country, resembling the...turn my back to the storm and scud for home. Alder Guleh produced at one time some of the richest placer workings of the continent. It was discovered... | |
| Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Charles Welsh, Douglas Hyde, Lady Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche - English literature - 1904 - 534 pages
...letter of introduction to some ladies, from whose society he anticipated great pleasure; but when lie came to inquire, he found, to his intense disgust,...the continent. It was discovered in 1863, and about thirty millions of dollars' worth of gold have been won from it. Of late years very little has been... | |
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